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Hybrid animals

LEOPONS: Johnny, a leopon, is seen here in Kobe, Japan, circa 1960. Johnny is part lioness part leopard. Leopons typically have the head of a lion and the body of a leopard. Newscom

CAMAS: Dr. Lulu Skidmore, Principal Scientific Officer of the Camel Reproduction Center, holds a cama, known as Kamilah, in March 2002. Camas are a mix of llamas and camels. Kamran Jebreili/AP/FILE

WOLPHIN: A mix between a dolphin and a false killer whale is seen here in Sea Life Park in Hawaii in September 2005. Wolphins are a very rare hybrid. Mark Interrante/Flickr

ZORSES: Eclyse is a zorse, or zebroid, and is a hybrid of a female zebra and a male horse, seen here at a German safari park in July 2007. WENN.com/Newscom/FILE

TIGONS: One of two tigon cubs looks out of its cell at the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanic Garden in Haikou, China, in October 2009. The cubs were born to a male Siberian tiger and a female African lion. Newscom/FILE

ZEDONKIES: A four-day-old cross between a zebra and a donkey is seen at Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Lumpkin County, Ga., on July 26. Tom Reed/The Times/AP

LIGERS: Baby ligers are seen at a private zoo in Tainan, Taiwan, on Aug. 15. The zoo became the first in Taiwan to breed ligers, a cross between a lion and a tigress. The zoo keeper and owner may face fines for violating Taiwan's wildlife rules. Reuters

In what is being hailed as the world's first evidence of inter-species breeding among sharks, a team of marine researchers at the University of Queensland have identified 57 hybrid sharks in waters off Australia's east coast.